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Frank Craven (I) (1875–1945)

Actor | Writer | Director

Frank Craven, the actor, director, playwright and producer who achieved theatrical immortality as The Stage Manager in the original 1938 Broadway 1production and 1940 movie version of Thornton Wilder's classic Our Town, was born into a theatrical family on August 24, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts... See full bio »

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in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid
Dewey
 
1945 Forever Yours
Uncle Charles
 
1944 Destiny
Clem Broderick
 
1944 My Best Gal
Danny O'Hara
 
1943 Jack London
Old Tom
 
1943 Son of Dracula
Dr. Brewster
 
1943 Dangerous Blondes
Inspector Joseph Clinton
 
1943 Harrigan's Kid
Walter Garnet
 
1942 Keeper of the Flame
Doctor Fielding
 
1942 Pittsburgh
'Doc' Powers
 
1942 Girl Trouble
Ambrose Murdock Flint
 
1942 Thru Different Eyes
Steve Pettijohn
 
1942 In This Our Life
Asa Timberlake
 
1941 The Richest Man in Town
Abb Crothers
 
1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
Hank Foreman
 
1940 Dreaming Out Loud
Dr. Walter Barnes
 
1940 City for Conquest
'Old Timer'
 
1940 Our Town
Stage Manager / Mr. Morgan
 
1939 Our Neighbors - The Carters
Doc Carter
 
1939 Miracles for Sale
Dad Morgan
 
1938 Penrod and His Twin Brother
Mr. Schofield
 
1937 You're Only Young Once
Frank Redmond (Carvel newspaper owner)
 
1937 Blossoms on Broadway
P.J. Quinterfield Sr.
 
1937 Penrod and Sam
Mr. Frank Schofield
 
1936 The Harvester
Mr. Biddle
 
1936 Small Town Girl
Will 'Pa' Brannan
 
1936 It's Up to You
Pop' Kane
 
1935 Barbary Coast
Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb
 
1935 Vagabond Lady
'Spiggy' Spiggins
 
1935 Car 99
Sheriff Peter Arnot
 
1934 That's Gratitude
Bob Grant
 
1934 Let's Talk It Over
Mr. Rockland
 
1934 He Was Her Man
Pop Sims, aka Jim Parker
 
1934 City Limits
J.B. Matthews
 
1933 State Fair
Storekeeper
 
1932 Handle with Care
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
 
1929 The Very Idea
Alan Camp
 
1928 We Americans (uncredited)
 
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1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Nineteenth Hole (1957) (short story "The Nineteenth Hole")
 
1946 The First Year (TV movie) (play)
 
1944 When the Lights Go on Again (story)
 
1940 Our Town (screenplay)
 
1935 Annapolis Farewell
 
1934 That's Gratitude (play / screenplay)
 
1934 The Human Side
 
1933 Sons of the Desert (story)
 
1933 Tillie and Gus (contributing writer / unconfirmed - uncredited)
 
1933 Her First Mate (play "Salt Water")
 
1933 State Fair (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1932 Handle with Care
 
1932 The First Year (play)
 
1931 Too Many Cooks (play)
 
1926 The First Year (play)
 
1925 New Brooms (play)
 
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1936 Give Me Liberty (short) (dialogue director)
 
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1935 Vagabond Lady (performer: "I Love You Truly" 1906)
 
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1941 Harvests for Tomorrow (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter' (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
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1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (in scene with Will Rogers) (uncredited)
 
1937 Lest We Forget (short)
Clip from: State Fair (uncredited)
 

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New York (1910). See more »

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Trivia:

Memorable as the stage manager in 'Our Town' (1940). See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo